Marian Damaschin (born 1 May 1965) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Damaschin was born on 1 May 1965 in Urziceni, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1974 at local club FEROM. In 1980 he moved to Rapid BucureÃÂti where he started his senior career during the 1982âÂÂ83 Divizia B, which concluded with the team earning promotion to the first division. In the following season he played 25 Divizia A matches for Rapid in which he scored two goals. In 1984 he was transferred to fellow Divizia A club Politehnica IaÃÂi. Damaschin spent one season at Politehnica in which he scored nine goals in 34 appearances, after which he went to Dinamo BucureÃÂti.
On 28 May 1986, Damaschin opened the score in the 2âÂÂ1 win over rivals Steaua BucureÃÂti. Afterwards, on 25 June in the Cupa României final, coach Mircea Lucescu used him for the entire match, during which he scored the goal in the 1âÂÂ0 victory against the same team. At the time of these two events, The Military Men were the recent winners of the European Cup. In the middle of the 1987âÂÂ88 season, he was transferred to Victoria BucureÃÂti in exchange for Claudiu VaiÃÂcovici. Damaschin helped Victoria reach the quarter-finals in the 1988âÂÂ89 UEFA Cup, playing eight games in the campaign. Afterwards he made a comeback to Dinamo where in the 1989âÂÂ90 season, coach Lucescu gave him five league games in which he scored once, as the team won The Double. In the same season they reached the 1989âÂÂ90 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals with him playing one game in the campaign. In the following season he scored 15 goals in 31 Divizia A matches for Dinamo, including one in a 1âÂÂ0 victory against Steaua.
Afterwards, Damaschin went to play in Netherlands at Feyenoord where he was a colleague of fellow Romanian, Ioan SabÃÂu. He made his debut on 14 August 1991 when coach Hans Dorjee played him for the entire game in the 1âÂÂ0 victory against PSV Eindhoven in the 1991 Dutch Supercup in which he netted the goal. Three days later he made his Eredivise debut in a 1âÂÂ0 win over Twente. He scored his first goal on 3 September 1991 in a 1âÂÂ1 home draw against Roda JC. Until the end of the season, Damaschin made 29 appearances in the league, netting nine goals, including one in a 2âÂÂ0 De Klassieker victory against Ajax, helping The Club on the Meuse finish third. He also played two games, scoring once as Feyenoord won the 1991âÂÂ92 Dutch Cup and made five appearances in the 1991âÂÂ92 European Cup Winners' Cup as they reached the semi-finals where he scored one goal against AS Monaco. Damaschin ended his career in 1993, after spending one season in France at the Championnat National club, Grenoble. He has a total of 185 Divizia A matches with 55 goals and 22 matches with two goals in European competitions.
Damaschin played five friendly games for Romania, making his debut on 2 March 1986 when coach Mircea Lucescu sent him in the 65th minute to replace Romulus Gabor in a 1âÂÂ0 victory against Egypt. His following four games were two draws against Iraq and a 2âÂÂ2 draw and a 1âÂÂ0 loss against Norway, the last game being the only one in which he played as a starter.
His son, Mihai Damaschin, was also a footballer.
Rapid BucureÃÂti
Dinamo BucureÃÂti
Feyenoord